Multiplying Proper Fractions
What are the steps to multiplying fractions?
1. Multiply Across
2. Simplify if needed
What are the steps to Multiplying Mixed Numbers
1. Change to Improper Fractions
2. Multiply Across
3. Simplify or Change back into Mixed Number
What is the difference between proper fractions and improper fractions?
Proper fractions are less than one, smaller number is on the top
Improper fractions are greater than one, bigger number is on the top
What are the steps to dividing fractions?
1. Keep
2.Change
3. Flip
Jimmy has 18 video games. Of the 18 games, 1/3 of them are sport games. How many sport games does Jimmy have?
Jimmy has 6 sport games
What is 1/3 of 36
12
What is 2/3 x 1 1/2
1
Will the product be greater or less than 7?
7 x 1/2
Decrease
9 divided by 1/2
18
Lucy has 1/3 of a bag of dog food. She is splitting it evenly among her two dogs. What fraction of the food does each dog get?
Each dog gets 1/6 of the dog food.
What is 2/3 x 3/4 =
1/2
What is the area of the rectangle if the length is 2 1/3 and the width is 1 1/4
2 11/12
Will the product be greater or less than 2/3?
2/3 x 2/2
Equal
1/3 divided by 5
1/15
Dennis bought 1/5 of turkey. He put all the turkey onto 2 sandwiches. He put the same amount of turkey on each sandwich. Write an equation to show this scenario.
1/5 divided by 2
What is 3/5 x 5/7
3/7
What is 3 1/2 x 1 2/3
5 5/6
Will the product be greater than or less than 2/3?
2/3 x 8/2
Greater than
1/3 divided by 2/5
5/6
A recipe calls for 3/4 of sugar. Jacob is tripling the recipe. How much sugar will be needed?
2 1/4 sugar will be needed.
What is 3/8 x 2/7
3/28
What is 4 1/2 x 5 3/4
25 7/8
Will the product be greater than or less than 2/3?
2/3 x 1 1/3
Greater than
What is 3/4 divided 2/3
1 1/8
Megan has a board that is 4 ft long. She is going to cut the board into 1/3 ft pieces. How many pieces will Megan split the board into?
Megan will split the board into 12 pieces.